An education sector trade union in Sri Lanka threatened to initiate stern trade union action unless the government takes actions to rectify the issue of a ruling party Provincial Councilor making a teacher kneel down in the school as punishment.
Ceylon Teachers' Union secretary Joseph Stalin Fernando said that the Provincial Councillor had followed the example of Minister Mervyn Silva who tied a public official of Kelaniya to a tree and escaped without punishment for the breach of ethics.

Statistics released by the Department of Labour reveal that it receives over 200 complaints of child labour, each month.
Additional Labour Commissioner, C. Amarasinghe, said necessary action will be taken to examine the complaints received, stressing that stern measures would be taken against individuals/households responsible for engaging child labour.

The Prison Intelligence Unit, recovered heroin worth over Rs 50,000, 15 mobile phones and 'H' of the Welikada Prison, during a surprise night raid launched on 13 June. Ward 'H' is where prisoners sentenced to death are detained.

Two mobile phones have been recovered from the convict sentenced to death for the killing of former Judge Sarath Ambeptiiya.

Student’s pursuing higher education in this country need to contribute in equal measure towards the social development as well while paying attention to their studies said. Douglas Devananda, Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development, participating as the Chief Guest at a ceremony held at Weerasingam Hall, in Jaffna on the 11th instant to mark the awarding of Presidential Scholarships to students.

Addressing the International Counter-Terrorism Focal Points Conference on 'Addressing Conditions Conducive to the Spread of Terrorism and Promoting Regional Cooperation', held in Geneva on 13-14 June 2013, Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha has asked that greater attention be paid in the Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, to the role of terrorist support networks that take the form of front organizations, the challenge posed by the abuse of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the proprie

After receiving O/Level results the ever so popular option will be to do A/Level. Doing London/ local A/Level is the traditional option. According to University Grants Commission (UGC) only 10% out of the 230,000 A/Level candidates are privileged to study in the State university system. That means more than 200,000 students fail to achieve their objectives with A/Level.

Hours before businessman Mohamed Shiyam, 35 was murdered he was taken to the residence of Deputy Inspector General of Police (Western Province-North) Vass Gunawardena in Dehiwala, investigations into the abduction and murder of the businessman have revealed.

More evidence into the crime was revealed this week as DIG Gunawardena was remanded until June 25. DIG Gunawardena had also telephoned Tamil businessmen and allegedly extorted money from them, claiming they were involved in terrorist activities, the courts were told.

Fishermen in the South today decided to go out to sea despite the Department of Meteorology saying that the sea areas off the Western and Southern coasts will be fairly rough at times.

The fishermen said that they are compelled to go fishing in order to make a living despite the risks they face.

The Department of Meteorology had issued weather alerts since last Sunday forcing fishermen to stay away from the sea.

Many parents of students attending schools in Colombo as well as the University Colombo who had been affected by dengue yesterday made a fervent appeal to the Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to deploy the security forces to clear mosquito breeding grounds in this area they described as the "dengue triangle".

They told The Sunday Island that their children call the area starting from Bagatalle Road along the Cumaratunga Munidasa Mawatha as the tip of the "dengue triangle " and that was how this name ca

The private universities bill that has been defeated by masses on several occasions has been brought back in another round and the government has secretly prepared the legal background for it reveals the National Movement for the Protection of Free Education (NMPFE) at a media conference held by it  at Center for Religion and Society at Maradana today (16th).